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H. RUST.

RAILROAD CROSSING.

APPLICATION FILED IIJNE 3.1916.

Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

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mf QS HHFRY RUST .To all whom z'z may concern.'

Be it knownthat I, HARRY RUST, a citi- RAILROAD-CROSSING.

Zen ofthe United States,residing at North Judson, in the county ofl Starke and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Crossings,

of which the following is a specification, ref.

. erence being had to the accompanying drawglhis invention relates to the construction of road beds, and particularly to the construction used where av road crosses a railroad track. It is usual at this point to fill in thespaces between the' tracks and on each side of the tracks -with boards or planks spikedin place,- ,the planks being raisedl to an approximate level with the top of the rail.

The general object of my invention is to do away with the use of planks under these.,

circumstances, and provide a sheet metal structure composed of units which ymay be readily put in place on each side of a rail and spiked to the cross tie, these units being identical in length and being of such length that they may b'e combined to provide an. eighteen foot, twenty-four foot, or longerv crossing, if it is necessary. n

In'the accompanying dra.w1ngs, F1gure 1 is. a cross sectional view of a crossing showing my beam applied to the road-bed; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary top planl view of a portion of a railway track with my crossing members applied thereto; Fig. 3 is a side eleva-tionl ofthe structure shown in Figs. 1

and 2; Fig. l4 is an end elevation of the Structure, the rails being in cross section;

and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of theend plates 25..

I have llustratedmy construction as applied to standard rails mounted on ordinary ties but it may be applied, of course, torails of anydesired height or weight.

' In the drawings, 10 designates the ties of the track and 11 the .rails thereof, a double track being illustrated in Fig. 1. On the outside ofeach rail there is disposed a hollow-casing or box designated 'generally 12,

. comprising a beam 13, a side plate lflpwhich is inclined downward and outward, this side,v plate at its upper end being angularlybent as at 15 to'provide a web 'extending across the top of the beam'land riveted or other-V wise firmly attached thereto.` This web 15l may be of any'desired width. Inasmuch as the railis 'approximately five and .three- I Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led J une 3, 1916. Serial No. 101,530.

vbeneath the head thereof.

Patented. Aug. 2a, ieic.

quarter inches high, the beam 13 is approximately five and three-quarter inches high. l

The web 15 is attached at its middle to the beam 13 and the outer edge of the plate 1l is formed with a flange 16 forming a foot, which flange is about two inches wide and is spiked to the tie. On the inside of each rail of a pair of rails, is a box designated 17, which is also composed of a longitudinally extending beam 18, this beam, however, not being flanged at its upper end. There is a side plate 19 flanged atA its lower end and spiked to the tie, this plate 19 extending up.- ward and inward to a height equal to the height of the beam 18 and then extending horizontally,V as at 20, over the edge of the beam 18, then being bent vertically downward, as at 21, and then laterally, as at 22, and engaging with the rail 11 immediately The width of thefportion 19 is about'the same as the portion 15. Eachv of these boxes 12 and 17 are preferably made about six feet long. These boxes form a plurality of hollow metallic shells, whichmay be abutted against each other, yas described and which Amay extend along the tracks for any desired distance by using or shells.

It will be seen that a space is left between each pair of rails which extends downward to the tie. This space is intended to be lled with concrete 24, ballast or other suitable lmaterial, as for instance earth or cinders and this material is held in place by the end pieces 25, which end pieces are downwardly and outwardly inclined, as illustrated most boxings and extend between the double tracks or between triple tracks, this space between the double tracks being intended to be lledwith concrete or other like material 24a. The beams 13 might be formed integral with-the plate 14 and 15 and the'beams 18 might be formed integral with the plate 20, 21v and 22. I do not wish to limit myself to any particular manner4 of forming these 4boxes 12 and 17.

My invention provides for a very permaa greater or less number of boxes y leo .nated 25b are vattached to the ends of the" nent crossing and one which will not wear out and be readily damaged as is the case with the ordinary plank crossing in use today. rlhis crossing structure may be readily and cheaply manufactured, and as the sheet metal is relatively light the units will weigh very little so that they may be easily transported and put in place. It requires no skilled labor to put them in place and the said boxes including longitudinally extend-4 ing vertically disposed supporting members resting upon the ties and disposed inward oli' the inner edges of the boxes, the inner edges of said boxes being separated from Athe rails.

2. A crossing structure ior railway tracks including sheet metal boxes or shells disposed on each side of each rail of the track and spiked to the ties, said sheet metal boxes being formed in longitudinal sections, the sections being abutted against each other, the top walls of the boxes being level with the top of the track, longitudinally extending beams-forming part ofI the boxes and supporting the same, end plates disposed between each pair of rails and abutted against X the adjacent ends 'of theboxes, anda filling disposed between the end pla-tes and between the adjacent boxes.

3. A crossing structure orrailway tracks including beams disposed parallel to and outward of the rails in the track, outer upwardly inclined. plates 'attached' at their outer edges to the ties and extending over tops of the beams and attached thereto and extending nearly to the rails, parallel longitudinally extending beams disposed inward of 4the rails, plates spiked to the ties inward of the beams, and extending upward, then horizontally and attached to the upper ends l f of the beams, then extending downward and laterally to a point beneath the head of the respective rails to thereby provide a flange space, end plates attached to said boxes so formed and extending downward and outward, and filling disposed below the roadbed and extending upward to the tops of the boxes.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY RUST.

Witnesses: p

CHAs. E. Nn'rHER'roN, L. ELMER Moer-IER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of 'atents,

Washington, I). C. 

